She and Kinnaman, who's been cast as Robocop in the remake if the 1980s movie set for release next year, spent time in Sweden with his family (he has an American dad and a Swedish mom) – and Munn managed to avoid the local offerings whenever possible.

"I went last summer. I didn't have [the pickled fish]. I saw it; I thought, 'I don't want that.' They love it. That and potatoes," Munn, 32, says.

Luckily, she explains: "My boyfriend's dad is a really great cook, and he was in Laos for while so he actually made a lot of food [I liked]. I didn't have to go for the pickled herring."